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Caption: Marker detail: 1810 Land Grant
Additional Description: CHAP. LIV.An Act authorising a grant of land to Reuben Perkins.
Passed March 16th, 1810.
BE it enacted by the people of the state of New York, represented in senate and assembly, That it shall and may be lawful for the commissioners of the land office and they are hereby required to grant letters patent to Reuben Perkins for a tract of land in the late Oneida reservation, known by the name of the Canastota reserve, for seven dollars and fifty cents per acre, exclusive of such sum as he may pay the Indians for the improvements thereon: Provided however, That previous to the issuing of said letters patent the said Reuben Perkins shall pay into the treasury of this state the one sixth part of the said purchase money, and within three months after the passing of this act, and secure the remainder by bond and mortgage, to be paid in five annual instalments with interest annually at six per cent per annum.
Submitted: September 15, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p493375
File Size: 3.792 Megabytes

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